Wasn't the rain last week great? It did so much to refresh the parched ground. It was great but I've got to tell you that it almost caused me to be in an accident. You see, the rain made me lose my focus. You know how it is when you're driving and the first drops hit your windshield. It's not enough to really turn on the wipers but just enough to make it hard to see. And you know if you turn on the wipers all you're going to do is smear all the dirt around.

Well, I waited for a little bit for the rain to pick up and turned on my wipers. But it had been so long since we'd had rain and so long since I'd used my wipers that I wasn't sure they were still any good. I got distract checking whether my windshield wipers were doing their job or not that I almost ran into the truck in front of me. …